Pickled Veggies-Meatless Monday

Happy Monday everyone! I just got back from a whirlwind weekend in Vegas-I would tell you all about it but you know what they say, “what happens in Vegas…”.

Right before I left, I had this crazy craving for pickles and I thought, “hey I could make my own pickles” and then I decided why stick with the traditional version when there are so many veggies out there waiting to be pickled?

Before we get into the recipe, I wanted to congratulate my co host, Tina, on her run at The London Marathon yesterday. Can’t wait to read and hear all about it Tina! Congrats!

Please join us for this week’s Meatless Monday link up. Just a few reminders, we’d really love it if you could please add our badge and link back to us in your recipe posts as well. We make a point to visit all of your links and it would be great if we all could visit a few other links. Thanks!

In the spring and summer, I eat a ton of salads and love to top them with loads of all kinds of veggies. I experimented with a few combos today but you can pretty much pickle any vegetable and have it turn out great. My favorites are here: Spicy carrots & jalapenos, Cauliflower & red chili pepper, zucchini and red & yellow peppers. The combos are endless. I was surprised by how easy they were to make as well. They are ready to snack on after 24 hours of soaking. I’ve been enjoying them right out the jar for a quick snack.

Meet Deborah

I'm a mom of 2 teenagers, wife and lover of all things running & fitness. As a life long vegetarian, I've always been passionate about healthy living & exercise. Looking for motivation last year, I started my own chapter of Moms Run This Town (MRTT) which has grown to over 200 members. I've met so many amazing women who inspire me daily to keep moving forward.
I am currently the Race Ambassador for The Rock N Roll Marathon/Half Marathon in Washington, DC. I am fortunate to be a Girls on The Run Coach this season and can't wait to inspire a new generation of female runners.
My favorite race distances are 10k's and Half Marathons. I love to keep up to date on new running & fitness trends. I definitely choose my running gear based on color and love to express my fashion sense while exercising.

Comments

Thanks for the link-up :)….I haven’t made my own pickled veggies, at least not by myself – my ex-husband was in the food business and was real good at making cucumber salad and other pickled veggies but I can’t take any of the credit! I love cucumber salad 🙂meredith @ The Cookie ChRUNicles recently posted…Meatless Monday Stir Fry Bowls

My husband is our gardener and master pico de gallo and pickled veggie maker. We have to start from scratch on a garden this year since we moved and there are just as many deer up here that would love to eat our plants if not enclosed. My favorite are the thinly sliced and lightly pickled cucumbers. He has a “secret” recipe for the pickling liquid and usually also includes thinly sliced onions.Kelli recently posted…Persistence Pays Off – Riverwinds Sprint

The hubby would love this! He’s a fan of pickled veggies…me not so much as I really don’t like pickled anything… Thanks for posting this!!Laura@ Fit Running Mama recently posted…What I will Miss Most about Maternity Leave

I have always wanted to try this! Thanks for the recipe! I eat a lot of cucumber & tomato salads during the summer so this will be a nice addition !Mary Beth Jackson recently posted…It was a Nashville kind of weekend!

Pinned!! I can’t wait to pickle veggies from our garden! I’m really hoping this year we have some to pickle, we usually eat them all as quick as we pick them! Usually the only thing we can guarantee to be pickled is our refrigerator pickles, we have a huge jar in the fridge all summer long!Sarah recently posted…Raspberry Mango Chia Bowl

I’ve never pickled vegetables before but they really have grown on me over the years! I’d love to try baby carrots – I’m eating them at lunch right now and they are in desperate need of flavor! 🙂Janelle @ Run With No Regrets recently posted…Gone for a Run Virtual 10K Race Recap

I do pickle my veggies – but Indian style with lots of spices. Yumm !!! I crave carrot pickles, but I have to cut carrots into tiny pieces and that puts me off when I’m short on time.Smitha @ FauxRunner … No More recently posted…Faux Runner … No More: From FAUX to FAB

Really?! That’s it? That does sound easy. My mom made pickles last year. When I was a kid she used to always pickle watermelon rinds.Coco (@Got2Run4Me) recently posted…The 31st GW Parkway Classic Race Recap

I’ve never made pickled veggies before. For some reason I thought they were really tough to make, but this recipe looks like a piece of cake (err I mean… piece of pickled veggies)!Nicole @ Fitful Focus recently posted…Meal Planning With Macros â Part II

How did I not ever think to do this???? I grow my own garden ever year, and I always pickle my cucumbers, but I have never even thought about doing the same to other things. Definitely going to be trying this, later this summer when I start getting crop in. Thanks for the idea!!!!

I am so not a fan of traditional pickles. Cucumbers kind of freak me out, which doesn’t change when you pickle them. I’ve had pickled beets and picked turnips though and enjoyed both, so I may give making my own pickled veggies a try one day 😀GiselleR @ Diary of an ExSloth recently posted…Pina Colada Parfait with chia seed coconut milk ‘yogurt’

I will have to check back for this recipe this summer. I am very interested in learning how to pickle and last year we had a plethora of cucumbers.Sandra Laflamme recently posted…I’m going to be running a 5K soon!

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[…] While the couscous cooked, I prepped toppings like olives, lemon wedges, cucumber, and cheese. I forgot to put Greek yogurt on top in the photos here, but I added that also and it was delicious! One of my favorite toppings that Cava Grill offers that I didn’t have on hand is pickled red onions. I will definitely plan to make those in advance next time as the briny flavor from them is delicious. If you need a pickling recipe, you can see Deborah’s post here on how to easily pickle just about anything. […]

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Hi, I’m Deborah

I'm a mom of 2 teenagers, wife and lover of all things running & fitness. As a life long vegetarian, I've always been passionate about healthy living & exercise. Looking for motivation, I started my own chapter of Moms Run This Town (MRTT) which has grown to almost 600 members. Read More…

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